Dear all,
The School of Music in the University of Leeds invites applications for two PhD scholarships from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26.
School of Music Opportunity Research Scholarship
This scholarship is open to prospective postgraduate researchers from Black, Asian and other minoritised ethnic groups who are eligible for the Home/UK rate of tuition fees.
Further information can be found here: https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/385-school-of-music-opportunity-research-scholarship-2025-26
Stanley Burton Research Scholarship
This scholarship is open to prospective postgraduate researchers who are eligible for the Home/UK rate of tuition fees.
Further information can be found here: https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/funding/23-stanley-burton-research-scholarship-2025
The awards provide full academic fees and a maintenance grant (£19,237 in Session 2024/25) for full-time study (with pro-rata awards available for part-time study).
The School of Music at the University of Leeds has an international reputation for research, and we bring together a community of scholars, composers and performers. We particularly welcome applications that connect to the School of Music's core research areas:
- Music as Culture (musicology exploring the role of music within historical, theoretical, literary, aesthetic, technological, popular, and interdisciplinary contexts)
- Music, Science and Technology (including music psychology, music and wellbeing, music technology, musical instrument studies, sound studies, and scientific perspectives on music)
- Making Music (composition, performance, and practice-based research methodologies)
- Pedagogic Research in Music (research regarding teaching and learning processes, experiences, and contexts in music)
How to apply
Full information, including details of the application process can be found through the links above. Applicants must submit both PhD study and scholarship applications no later than 5pm (UK time) Monday 2 June 2025.
All best,
Emily Payne
Dr Emily Payne (she/her) (hear my name)
Associate Professor of Music
Director of Postgraduate Research Studies, School of Music
School of Music, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK
https://ahc.leeds.ac.uk/music/staff/396/dr-emily-payne
Payne, E. (2022). Instrumental Interaction and Subversion in John Cage's Concert for Piano and Orchestra. Contemporary Music Review.
Schuiling, F. & Payne, E. (Eds.) (2022). Material Cultures of Music Notation: New Perspectives on Musical Inscription (Routledge).
Doffman, M., Payne, E., & Young, T. (Eds.) (2021). The Oxford Handbook of Time in Music (OUP).
